Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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